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re: Explorer freezes at right-clicking files or clicking ''File'' menu item. Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 1:35 pm Posted by Michelle (417 messages posted) Generally upgrading is never a good idea because of glitches (like yours). Your best bet may be to back up your personal data, format your C:, and do a fresh install of XP instead of an upgrade. Alternately you could try replacing explorer.exe : http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q129/6/05.asp?FR=1&PA=1&SD=Whistler On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 12:26 pm, Daniele Moratti wrote: >I have just upgrated from Win 2000 pro to Win XP pro. >Everything works fine, except for the fact that Explorer seems to start looping endlessly/freezes >as soon as I right-click on a file/folder or click the"File" menu item in Window >Explorer. The only way to restore functionality is to terminate the explorer.exe >process and start it again. >Any clue as to what might be the cause of this behaviour?? >Thanx for feedback! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Explorer freezes at right-clicking files or clicking ''File'' menu item. Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 4:25 pm Posted by Tim (35 messages posted) I had that happen to me as well, and I know were not alone either. Driver problems is the culpret... I was able to fix my problem. I updated with the newest Highpoint driver, My chipset drivers and my video drivers. I'm not sure what fixed it hope this helps. Tim On Sunday, November 18, 2001 at 12:26 pm, Daniele Moratti wrote: >I have just upgrated from Win 2000 pro to Win XP pro. >Everything works fine, except for the fact that Explorer seems to start looping endlessly/freezes >as soon as I right-click on a file/folder or click the"File" menu item in Window >Explorer. The only way to restore functionality is to terminate the explorer.exe >process and start it again. >Any clue as to what might be the cause of this behaviour?? >Thanx for feedback! [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum